shut down
phrasal verbshut down
- (of a factory, shop, etc. or a machine) to stop opening for business; to stop working
- The theatre shut down after more than half a century.
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shut something down
- to stop a factory, shop, etc. from opening for business; to stop a machine from working
- The computer system will be shut down over the weekend.